{"id":354,"date":"2020-05-18T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/?p=354"},"modified":"2021-06-02T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:39:34","slug":"check-google-wear-os-settings-if-your-cellphone-will-not-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/check-google-wear-os-settings-if-your-cellphone-will-not-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Google Wear OS Settings If Your Cellphone Will Not Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

I carry a Samsung Galaxy A50<\/a> cellphone with about 60 apps installed. Several months ago, the ringtone on my phone quit working. The only way I could get the ringtone to work was to force a hard reboot by pressing the down volume and power buttons at the same time for about 45 seconds. Sometimes I would have to hard reboot several times before the ringtone would start working again. It got to the point that I had to hard reboot every day or so and then the ringtone still might not work. Here is how I finally fixed this problem. <\/p>\n

At first, I thought the issue was with an app named Silence Premium<\/a> which I have used for years to auto mute my phone during calendar events and overnight. I uninstalled Silence Premium and then the ringtone would work for a while…but then fail.<\/p>\n

I read many posts and articles on the Internet about similar issues. It turns out this in not an uncommon issue. After rebooting in Safe Mode, I determined this problem was app related since the ringtone worked fine when no apps were loaded. Now the question was which app? It finally dawned on me…my Tic E Google Watch<\/a> is linked to my phone, which is the problem.<\/p>\n

I finally found a post that led me to the right answer. Here is my step-by-step solution by making a configuration change in Google Wear OS<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open Google Wear OS<\/strong> on your cellphone<\/li>\n
  2. Go to Notifications<\/strong> under Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Touch “Silence phone while wearing watch<\/strong>“<\/li>\n
  4. Turn off “Silence incoming calls<\/strong>“<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it. It took me hours to figure this out. My OCD was going crazy.<\/p>\n

    So, if you are having issues with the ringtone on your cellphone not working AND you wear a smart watch, check all the settings for your watch too.<\/p>\n

    Sometimes the most annoying problems can be solved by turning off a simple switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I carry a Samsung Galaxy A50 cellphone with about 60 apps installed. Several months ago, the ringtone on my phone quit working. The only way I could get the ringtone to work was to force a hard reboot by pressing the down volume and power buttons at the same time for about 45 seconds. Sometimes …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,57,58,60,61,59],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions-to-problems-i-found-helpful","tag-android","tag-cell-phone","tag-google-wear-os","tag-samsung-galaxy-a50","tag-silence-premium","tag-tic-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.beausanders.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}